{"product_id":"boring-postcards-9780714843902","title":"Boring Postcards","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin Parr is a key figure in the world of photography and contemporary art. Some accuse him of cruelty  but many more appreciate the wit and irony with which he tackles such subjects as bad taste  food  the tourist  shopping and the foibles of the British. Parr has been collecting postcards for 20 years  and here is the cream of his collection - his boring postcards. With no introduction or commentary of any kind  Parrs boring postcards are reproduced straight. They are exactly what they say they are  namely boring picture postcards showing boring photographs of boring places  presumably for boring people to buy to send to their boring friends. All of them are shot in Britain  taking us on a boring tour of its motorways  ring roads  traffic interchanges  bus stations  pedestrian precincts  factories  housing estates  airports  caravan sites  convalescent homes and shopping centres. Some attempt to idealize their subjects  only to fail dismally. Others lack any apparent purpose or interest  but the resultant collection of photographic images is wholly compelling. Boring Postcards is multi-layered: a commentary on British architecture  social life and identity  a record of a folk photography which is today being appropriated by the most fashionable photographers (including Parr)  an exercise in sublime minimalism and  above all  a richly comic photographic entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651858128949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0714843903","price":34.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780714843902.jpg?v=1781842450","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/boring-postcards-9780714843902","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}